HP LJ 2 mobo -> Apple LW 2 NT

I'll look and see if I have a legal - I have a box of LJ 2 and III trays, not sure if I have legals left though. Shipping to the C-U area from here is cheap and then a couple bucks for the tray would work. I need more space around here anyway. => -----Original Message----- => From: owner-classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org => [mailto:owner-classiccmp@classiccmp.org]On Behalf Of Chris => Sent: Monday, March 11, 2002 3:52 PM => To: Classic Computer => Subject: Re: HP LJ 2 mobo -> Apple LW 2 NT => => => >Will the HPLJ2 board fit into the slot underneath the LW2NT? => >Does it have the same connector? => => Humm... I didn't get that far as actually pulling the board. => => Although, this whole printer has been one slap my head experience. => => I had a printer die that was hooked up to an NT box to act as a network => print spooler (well, actually, the printer works fine, but it => needs a new => drum and developer kit $200 for the pair, and that isn't worth it for => this printer). => => So I bought the HP from the local salvation army store for $20. When I => tried to use it, it was failing to pickup the paper... a new pickup kit => is $30 (well worth it for the HP LJ2). But since I had the => unused working => Apple LW IINT, I figured I could just swap the mobo so I can use the => parallel interface to reconnect to my NT spooler. => => Well... head slap #1... I don't need to replace the pickup rollers... I => just needed to clean them, and use a little rubber rejuvenator... now it => picks up like a charm. => => So I do the swap, get it all hooked up to my NT spooler, get everything => working... and head into the office of the only computer that matters => about printing to it... to find head slap #2... => => I changed the PC to a Mac last week and totally forgot.... that means I => could have just used my Apple LW IINT with a quick and dirty LocalTalk => connection! I didn't need to go thru all this buying and fixing and => testing of the HP after all! (For the handful of PCs that also print to => the printer, I can let them use the NT spooler over a serial connection, => and just deal with the painfully slow print speed... the others only => print 5 or 6 times a year anyway). => => So now, later this week... I will change the printer AGAIN, and => go to the => Apple LW IINT over Localtalk (probably dedicate an old Mac with ethernet => to act as a Ethernet to Localtalk bridge). => => But at least I have a working HP LJ 2 to use elsewhere.... now to find a => legal cassette tray for it. => => -chris => => <http://www.mythtech.net> => =>